Tractor



G. KLETKE.

TRACTOR.

APPLICATION FILED niega. 1920.

Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

D STATE GOTTLIEB KLETKE, OF 'ALVIL OKLAHOMA.

TRACTOR.

Specification of Letters atent.

Patented Apr. 1S, 1922.

Application led December 8, 1920. Serial No. 429,218.

To all 'wi/2,0771. t m04/ concern it known that I. Gorrmnis Kmrrnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Alva, in the county of lVoodsand State of Oklahoma,v have invented certain new and usefulImprovements 'in rIractors` of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention'y relates to certain improvements in tractors, and it isan object of the invention to provide a device of this general characterwith novel and improved means whereby the desired control of the tractormay be effected by an operator at a point remotefrom the seat.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of thisgeneral character with novel and improved means whereby the tractor maybe controlled by a person oc` cupying a header or other portable bodywith which the tractor is employed.

An additional object of the invention is to provide novel and improvedmeans whereby a tractor may be readily and conveniently steered by aperson straddling an operating member.

Furthermore, it is an object of the inven tion to provide a device ofthis general character with novel and improved means whereby the clutchand throttle of the tractor' may be readily operated as desired by aperson remote from the seat.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and Aarrangement of the several parts of my im provedtractor whereby certain important advantages are attained and the deviceren-I dered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the ac` companyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure l is a View in side elevation illus` trating a tractorconstructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention andoperatively engaged with a header, the header being fragmentarilyindicated, and

Figure 2 is a view in top plan illustrating in detail the steeringmechanism 'as herein disclosed. l

As disclosed in the acompanying draws ings, T denotes a tractor of aconventional type and which embodies a steering wheel IV positioned tobe readily operated by an occupant of the seat S. C denotes a clutchpedal also positioned for convenient manipullation lby the occupant ofthe seat S and O control the engine and a second person to occupy theplatform P 'to properly control or operate the binder. It is the purposeof the present invention to provide a tractor with novel and improvedmeans whereby the binder or the like and the tractor may be readilycontrolled by a single person occupying the platform P.

Operatively engaged with the operating member O ofthe throttle of theengine of the tractor is a longitudinally disposed. and forwardlydirected rod l passing through a suitV able guide 2 so that the same mayreadily have endwise movement. The forward end portion of said rodterminates in a hand grasp 3 so that the occupant of the platform ll mayreadily move the rod 'l to properly and effectively operate the throttleof the engine.

Supported by the tractor T for swinging movement is an upstandingelongated lever #L operatively engaged, as at 5, with the clutch pedal.C so that upon movement of the lever Llin one direction, as forwardly,the pedal C may be caused to move as desired. The upper end portion ofthe lever 4; has suitably secured thereto a flexible member 6,preferably rope, which extends :forwardly and is suitably secured to theupstanding post or pillar 7 carried by the binder or the like. Therequisite movement of the lever 4 in one direction may be readilyaccomplished by the occupant of the platform P imposing suliicient pullupon the member or rope 6.

-lai'ried by the steering wheel W for movement therewith is a sprocketwheel 8 around which passes a sprocket chain 9. This chaink extendsforwardly of the tractor and passes around a sprocket wheel 10 carriedby the upper end portion of a vertically disposed shaft ll@ This shaftl1 is supported by the brackets l2 or the like extending forwardly fromthe radiator or front end of the tractor.

Secured to the upper end portion. of the shaft 11 and also to thesprocket wheel l0 is a forwardly directed elongated bar lll. rllhis barlll is of a length. to overlie the platform P and has its free endportion preferably disposed on a downward incline. The person standingon the platform P straddles the rod let and when it is desired to changehe direction of travel of the tractor, it is only necessary for theoperator to move either to the right or the left as the occasions ofpractice may require.

From the foregoing description it is thought to he obvious that atractor constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly welladapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which itmaybe assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious thatmyinvention is susceptible of some change and modifica tion withoutdeparting from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason Ido not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carryingout my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

l claim:

The combination with a tractor, of an agricultural implement connectedtherewith, a lplatform on the implement, means connected Vwith thethrottle and clutch con- V1rrols of the tractor and extending adjacentthe platform, and means for steering the tr or from the platformcomprising a sprocket secured upon the steering Wheel of the tractor, avertical shaft journaled at the end of the tractor adjacent theimp-lement, a sprocket on said shaft, a chain trained about saidsprockets, anda bar secured to said second named sprocket and extendingover said platform to serve as a handle.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto a'tlix my signature.

GoTTLiEB KLETKE. f

